An Analytical Approach to Optical Burst Switched Networks

• Main Authors: Venkatesh, T. (Author), Murthy, C. Siva Ram (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

Optical burst switching (OBS) is envisioned to be one of the promising technologies to support bandwidth-intensive applications in the future Internet. An Analytical Approach to Optical Burst Switched Networks discusses architectures such as SOBS, SynOBS, HiTSOBS and applications of OBS networks in...

Table of Contents:

• to Optical Burst Switching
• Traffic Characteristics in OBS Networks
• Blocking Probability in OBS Networks
• Contention Resolution in OBS Networks
• TCP over OBS Networks.